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r", "* ; R -To All i * VAUGHN'S \ | Read the fi I !' j' I ' laL floors of rxrrnt d-to to hand mjnei fctdurya. My t liy. l. i.ir. i sale that I cou it 'ilionadm ,n lr>-m wmi-uti poTrral -fluid. Wna ul ihl to f t any rc?t or Bit bM !> attend to my iiualnoaa. I can t *Md to give It, as some poor aufferor me ' i lie U Ho., I m IN HIS STEPS. -TV -Tk"What Would Jesus Do? ' ^ . i. By Charles At. Slielion. ^'Copyrighted and published !n book l'mti.:the Advance Publishing Oo? of Chicago.., "vreii was in a qoinror;nrue u.riu. with i cry good eiilury, plcks-ant sr.rrouinilugs, not o. vary esactiu-c p.irivh of r<fined, rich, respectable people, cr.eli 4'hurcu and parisdi Uo nearly all til-. young men in tno seminary 111 onr tun looked forward to us very desirable. "Bat a year ago today Maxwell came into his church on Sunday morning and at the close of his service made the astounding proposition that the mom hers of his church volunteer for a year not to do anything without first asking the question. 'What would Jesus do? and. after answering it. to do what in their honest judgmo'nt ho would do. regardless of what the result might be t< them. "The effect of this proposition us it has been met nnd obeyed by a number of the members of the First church of Raymond has been so remarkable that, cs you know, the attention of the whole country has been directed to the movement I call it a 'movement' because kom the action taken today it seems robablo that what has been tried here * the.First church in Rnymond will reach out into the other chnrclie3 and cause a revolution in church methods but more especially in u new definition of Christian disciplcsliip. "In the first place. Maxwell tells me l he was astonished at the response made | to his proposition. Some cf tho most prominent members in theclinrch made the promise to do ns .Testis would j Among them were Edward Norman. I V'the editor of Tho Daily News, which \ las made each a sensation in the newsViper world; Milton Wright, one of leading merchants in Raymond: " Alexander Powers, whose notion in the matter of the railroads against the interstate commerce laws made such a stir abont a year ago; Miss Page, one of Raymond's leading society heiresses, who has lately dedicated her entiro fortune. as I nnderstand. to the Christian doily paper and the work of reform in the slnm district known as tho Rectangle. and Miss Winslow. whose ropn(i>n as a Ringer is now national. I>qt V), in obedience to what she hufflP /)d to be Jeens' probable actiolk has I oted her talent to volnnteer work J ong tho girls and women who make / a large part of the city's worst and *t abandoned popnlation. i> "In addition to these well known i jople lias bocn a gradually increasing . /umber of Christians from the First f hurch and lately from other churches L/n Raymond. A largo proportion of I/these vclnnteers who pledge themselves 7 to do as Jesus would comes from tho Endeavor societies. Tho yonug people ay that they have already embodied in i AI?a(? oAoiottr nla/1 rrn f 1\a enma r>ri it/>{ nl/. VMV PIUUU I'UIII lj?IU In the words. '1 promiso him tlmt I will strive to do whatever ho would lmC-e rue do.' Tliis is not exactly what is included in Maxwell's proposition, which in that the disciples shall try to do what Jeans wonld probably do in tho disciples' place, bnt the result of an honest obedience to either pledge, ho claims, rtjl besme^y tho same, and he is < V * ? -? ~ 'l~ ? ? * I .*} ji i ^ . ; . f * * Sufferers LITHONTRIPTIC has cure< dreadful disease and it v allowing letter from R. J. Be (LM^/ A ?S__ /* > ?Z-/ J Jltz ?Z&4,+?z~-^> >? /Z&****i2' ^*->^t^!i/^Z: Zy itinsr statement of my cam which I gladlr jjivo. I li lil not last hut a short time. I was unable to li" do-, tlruos. I was completely filled at the tlmo I be <cp except while under tho Influence of an opinio. I iow ride my horsa. a tlilne I had been unable to do iy be benafltMd tharehy.] It j.ixiiik Building; V. (J. not surprised that Hi i:\rr,"-t milliners j have joined the n- w di'jcipiot.li.;? from tht' Kin ion vor soci.-t; "I mi) s.nre tli-- fiv-t f;aent!ou yon will as'.-: is. 'V.'lint has been til.' result of this attempt, wh it bys it accomplished, or how luis it charged in any way the regular course of the church or the com inunityY' "Von already know something from reports of Raymond that have gone over tho conn try what the results have boon but one needs to come hero and learn something of the changes in individual lives, and especially the change in the , church hfc. to realize ail that is meant by this following of .Testis' steps so lit orally To toll all that would ha to write h long story or series of stories ! am not in a position to do that, but 1 can give you some idea perhaps of what has happened here from what Hns been told me by my friends and Henry Maxwell himself "The result of tho pledge npon tinFirst church has been twofold?it has brought about a spirit of Christian fellowship which Maxwell tells me never before existed and which now impresses him as being very nearly what the Christian fellowship of the apostolic churches uinst have been, and it has i divided the church into two distinct groups of members. Those who have not taken the pledge regard tho others ! as foolishly literal in their attempts to 1 imitate the example of .Tesus "Some of them have drawn out of , me cuurcn ana no longer nrtcna, or i they Imve removed their membership entirely to other churches. Some are an internal element of strife, and 1 beard rumors of an attempt on their part to force Maxwell's resignation 1 j do not know that this element is very strong in the church It has been held ! in check by a wonderful continuance of i spiritual power, which dates from the j first Sunday the pledge was taken n ( year ago. and also by the fact that so ' uiany of the most prominent members have been identified with the movement "The effect on Henry Maxwell ie very marked. I heard him preach at our state association four years ago. tie impressed me at tlio time as having considerable power in dramatic delivery. of which lie himself was somewhat conscious. His sermon was well written and abounded in what tlio sominary students used to call 'lino passages.' The effect of it was what tlio av< rage congregation would call pleating. Tl?:.* morning I heard Maxwell preach again for the first time since then. I sir.11 speak of that further on. Tie is not the same man. lie gives me tlio impression p? one who has passed through a crisis oirfsvolution. He tdRs me this revo-ai i 'tiou Is simply a new definition of Cliri? ] tian disciple oh!p. I?o certainly hasl changed many of his old views. His attitude on the saloon question is radically opp'osito to the ono ho entertained n 1 voar ago. and in his entire thought of his ministry, his pulpit and parish . worUl find be hps madq a complete eliange So far as I can understand, the idea that is nfpv'ng lritn rn now-is Uie idea that the Christianity of o:-r times inui.t represent a more lit ?ral i. iitation of Jesus, and especially in the element of suffering. He quoted to me in the course of our conversation several times the venc from Peter, 'For heiennto were yo called, becaneo Christ also suffered for you. leaving yon nn example, that ye should follow his 6 tops. * and he seems filled with tko conviction that what our churches need today more than anything c!sd is this factor of suffering for Jems in eouio . form. * "I do not know that X agree with From DR 1 thousands of desperate c /ill positively cure you. jtsill, Maj. 18th Reg. S.C. ^ -jbftc.? 71, /T, f -O w >o i s _ y^U* I/ Y Y- <7#.^ &?-lY*?/ ! 7^ ^j'-? 77 S/'f ; t? /t-v; >|gS&*??o,.. TO hfV?n tmfforlnrr fa?? oit*m w^o?.a #?w\m /Ihama* .. -.i( xo'jit Fh >r:ly ntv-r Helen tippe.l, evory tls.stu , : !? VAUGHN S I.lTIiONTi.iPTUI. perfectly h-1) J:nvo un?l 11-lit bottles of VAUGHN'S LITUO: tor uoarly two years. You may publish euch ot L'likr, upjioisito L iiioh Uolcl; 1 A t \ ' him altogether; bnt, iny dear Caxton. it is certainly astonishing to note the results of this idea as they have impressed themselves upon this city and upon this church. "You ask how nbout the results on the individuals who havo made tho pledge and honestly tried to he trno to St. Tho,io results .aro, as I have said, a part of individual uistoi j and cannot be told in detail. Pome of them I can give you. so that you may sco that this form of discipleship is not merely centime it or fine posing for effect. "For instance, take the case of Alexander Powers, who was superintendent of the machine shops of tho L. and T. It. R. here. V/lien lio acted upon tho evidence that incriminated the road, he lost his position, and. more than that. I learn from my friends hero his family nrd social relations havo hocomo to changed that the family no longer appear .ill public. They havo dropped out of the social circle where once they were so prominent. By tho way. Caxton. 1 understand in thin connection that the commission, for one reason and another, postponed action on this r;ic? find it iv iifiw rnmnroil. fJmS tlii L. mid T. R. R. will pans into ft receiver's hands very soon. The president of the road. who. according to (ho cvideneo submitted by Powers, was the principal offender, has resigned, and complications which have arisen since point to the receivership. Meanwhile tho superintendent has gone hacl: to l::s old work na n telegraph operator. I met liim at tho church yesterday. IIo impressed mo us a man who had, like Maxwell, gone through n cri- is in character I could not help thinning of him as being good material for tho church of tlu first century, when tho disciples had nil things in common. "O; take the case of Mr. Norinan, editor of Tho Daily News. Ho risk.d his entire fortune in obedieneo to what he belli ved v.as .Tosus* probable action and revolutionised his entire conduct of the paper at the risk of u failure. 1 send you a copy of yesterday's paper I want you to rend it carefully. To mj miiul, it is one of tho most intc-restiiJu and romnrkablo papers over printed ir tho United States. It is open to Criticism. but what could any mere inir attempt in this lin%that would be fret from criticism? Take it all in all. it i: so far above tho ordinary conception c ! a daily paj/cr that I 11111 auiazed at th< result Ifo tells 111c that tho paper i: beginning to bo read l.ioro and more 1/s tho Christian people of the city. He i: very confident of its final success. "Head hi* editorial on tho monej question, also tho one on the coming election in Raymond, when theqnestior license will again ho nil issne. 13otl hrtiid. a aro of tho best from this poin< [of view. Ho says ho never begins ar I editorial or. in fact, any part of liii | newspaper work without first asking I 'What wonld Jesus do'?' The result ii ; ccitainly apparent, j "Then there is Milton Wright, tlx 1 merchant. Ho has. I am told, so rcvo lut ionized his business tliat no man ii 'more beloved today in Raymond. Ilii own clerKs and employees have nffec I tion for him that is vei*y touching Dnnng the winter, while he was lyinj dangerously ill ut his homo, scores o ; clerks volunteered to watch or help ij any possible way. and his return to hi i store was greeted with marked demon (titrations. All this lins been brongb nnoni ny uie oieinent or personal lov< introduced into the business. This lovi is not mere words, hut the business it self is carried on under a system of co operation that is not a patronising roc ' oxnition of inferiors, but a real slmrinj 1 in tko entire busipess. Other men 01 > IOPSY. MV * ascs of this ' I /ols., i860. ^ ^***4+4, | | ;*': ,.: ,% j - /r** (Mineral anasarca, caused from liter and ucompletely filled, saturated with lluld{ >lcss, lo^a terribly Inflamed and exuding '%'TUIl'TIC and am now comfortable and tay statemaut aa you may dusiro. I wft i ,. ' I .iuuer.9 id ug b.ore. I I the street look upon Milton Wright as ; odd It is a fact, however, that wlillo ; he has lost heavily iu sqmo directions ' ! he has increased his business and is today respected and honored as ono of the ! best and most successful "merchants in Raymond. "And there is Miss Wiualow She has chosen to give her grant talent to the poor and wretched of the city. Her j plans include a musical institute where choruses and classes in vocal musio eliall _ be u foatura She is enthusiastic over her life work. In connection with her friend Mtes Page she nas planned a conrse in music which, if carried out. . will certainly do mnch to lift up the . lives of the peojledown there. Iam not too old. my dear Caxton. to be interested in the romantic side of mnch that has also been tragic hero in Ray; moud. and I must tell yon that it is well understood thero that Miss Wins*. low expects to bo married this spring to a brother of Miss Page, who was once a society lender and clubman and who was converted in a tent where his wife that is to bo took an active part in the service. I don't know all the details of this little romance, but I can imagine thero is a little story wrapped up in it. ! and it would bo interesting reading if j *e only know it all. i j "These arocnly a few illustrations of results in individual lives owing to i t obedience to the pledge. I meant to I | have spoken of President Marsh of Lini ; coin college. Ho is a graduate of my ! uknn mater, and I knew him slightly i \vlien I was in tho senior year. He has i ! taken nn active part in the recent rau' nicipal agitation, and hia influenco in the city is regarded us a very large i factor in tho coming election. Ho imi pressed me, as did all the other disciples : in this movement, as having fought out some hurd questions and as having I taken up some real burdens that have , caused and still do cause that suffering i , of which Henry Maxwell apoaks, a suffering that doos not eliminate but does appear to intensify a positive and praoi ticul joy. ' | "Hut I am prolonging this letter. ; 1 possibly to yonr weariness. I ftrti uiii able to avoid tho feeling of fascination which my entire stay here has increased i I want to tell you something of the ' meeting in tho First church today ? "As I s tid, I hoard Maxwell preach ' At his earnest request I had preached ) for him the Sunday before, and this i v?ae thefirst time I'had hoard him since r the association four years ago. ITis r.cri men this morning was as different from i his sermon tlion as if it had been f thought out and preached by some one ; living on another planet. I wus proi fonndly touched. I lielievo I actually i shed tears onco. Others in tho congvot gntion wero moved libo myself, llis ) text was: 'What is that to theeY Fol i tow inun im\ i\un id whs a mosi un, . usually impressivo appeal to the Chriss liatis of Raymond to obey .Testis' teach1 ings nud follow in his steps, rognrdless ? of what others might do. I cannot give yon even the plan of tho sermon. It s won Id take too lorg. At the close of the tt Berrico there was the usual after meeting that has become a regular feature of tho First church. Into this meeting ? liavo come all those who made the f plodgo to do as Jtsns would do, and the i time is spent in mutual fellowship, conis Cession, questions us tq what Jesus - ' would do in special cases and prayer t that tho ono greut guido of every diso ciple's conduct may be the Holy Spirit, a "M swell asked me to come into this > meeting. Nothing in all my ministerial * life, Caxtou, has so moved me as that - mooting. I never felt the Spirit's proe? ence so powerfully. It was a meeting of a j reminiscences and of tho. most loving tftowjhip. l was irresistibly driven In , $ongpti back to the first years of Chrisianitj*. jj Thero was sornotbing about all lila rhqt vraa apostolic in its simplicity |U'l t'bx it iuiit itiou. "I usfccd qr.e.-tiona. One that seemed t q nrotuiu more interest than any other vas in regard to tlio extent of tbo j Christian disciples' sacrifice of personal iroperty. Ilcr.ry Maxwell tolls ino that io far-uo 0110 has interpreted tho spirit if Jcs'.is in fciich a way na to abandon lis' earthly possessions, giro away all lis wealth or in any literal way iinitatu ho Christians of tlio order, for cxara>le, of St. Franciaof Aeisi. It was llic inanimhr.s consent. however, that if my discipld rhonld feel that Jcscu in lis own particular car.o would do that hero could *T>o only ouo answer to the jnestion. Maxwell frankly admitted ;hat ho wan still, to a certain degree, uncertain es to Jesus' probable action ivhi n it camo to tho details of honselold living, tho possession cf wealth, the holding of certain luxuries. It is, lowever. evident that very many of these disciples liavo repeatedly carried their obedience to Jesus to tho extreme limit, regardless of financial loss. Thero is r o lack of courage or consistency at this point. It is also trno flint some of the business men who took tho pledge Invo lost great sains of money in this imitation pf Jesus, unci very many liavo. like Alexander Powers, lost valuable positions owing to tho impossibility Df doing what they had been accustomed to dx> and at the"same time doing what tlicy fait Jesii3 would do in the jfUno pmce. Tn <yn:nction with these cases it ia pleasant to record tho fact that many who have paltered in this way havo at onto been helped financially by those who still liavo moanx Tn this respect I think it is true that these rtboip]p!j liavo all things in common. Certainly such scones as I witnessed at the First church at that after service thi.* morning I never eaw in my church or nr y o1heiv I nevop dreamed "that e .cb Christian fellowship could exist in li is agoiof tho world. I ain almost in reunions ns to the witness of uiy own .-n. es. I still r::oxn to he asking myself ' ( '.hi i is ho clo w of tho nineteenth eon t.;iy in America. "llut pow, dear friend, I come to the real cause of the )ot|;op, tho rc"l heart of tho whole question as the First church of Raymond has forced it upon mo. Boforo tho meeting closed today stops were taken to secure tho co-opcrntion of all other Christian disciples ip this country. I think Henry Maxwell took this step after long deliberation, lie said as much to me one day when 1 called upon him and we were discuss ing tho effect of this movement npon tho church in cennral. frc To make paper fireproof nothing more Is necessary than to saturate tho PHP*-'1' in u strong solution of ulum water, and when thoroughly dry it will resist the action of flanje, "ft V M III SlnrfTSn^" I IT ^Tll I < tlla 1fti Yon can fir variety of Toy at the lowest Q S r t tt r\ ? * -v M/UIMDEK We cannot be\ things, but will just find the thing tha ' Wonder ?>tore" yo find it anywhere els Dolls, Dolls that sleej awake, Dolls with 1 Dolls that have no < Dolls that talk, Doll All Kinds Jumping Dogs, IV Running Horses, Co\ at cheap prices at th "WONDIB FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that J. C. < avert, administrator ot' I lie estate of ltichoid Askew, dr., deceased, lias applied to Jason Si. Greer, Judge of Prot ite. in and for the county of Union, tor a tinal discharge ;rs such administrate!. It is ordered, that'the 23rd day of Deer-mtier, A. 1>. ISfil), be fixed for hearing of lKtiiion, and a final settlement of said estate. .Tason M. Greek. Prolwte Judge Union_couuty, S. C. 41 ?It A'ANTED, for cash, Ilickory/ Dogwool, Persimmon and Walnut I^>gs. Southern Hardwood Co., 1*. O. Pox o2l>, Charleston,'S. C. 47-4t. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. Stale if South Carolina, 1 Court of,Com< 'oniity of Union. 1 mon Pleas. " Olivia West, PiuiutifT. against Wiley Lancaster, William A. Lancase tor, William A. Lancaster, th. younger, Sarah J. Rogan, James BLancaster, Kliza J. Lancaster, Nan. cy Lancaster, Rachel West, Joel A, L'lnoaster, Jones C. LnneasterMoaes W. Lancaster, Sarah li. Barnot t, George A. Lancaster, Ghrlatopher C. Lancaster, Lettice A, Lancaster, Cutherlne Lancaster, Amanda S. llyutt, Iaaao M.'Lancaster, James A. Nance, William M, Nance, Mury~\T."Holling?worth, Dorms lfazelwood. Louisa" Hazelwood. Delilah S. Lancaster, ilsry A. Haze!wood, Christina A HpzoI' wood, Francos Hazel wood, Dora Dunenat or. unit Om nl.ilrl?/>n William Lancaster, deceased, whose names nr.d 2ror* r.ro unknown, dcfendnnta. To the defendants above nnmrd : You are hereby summoned at d rc iiilrtu to answer the complaint in his notion, of which a copy is hercvith served upon you. and to servo a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscriber ~at their1 office, ^ J.ftw liriPge, Union, SouthlpKroljnr; within twenty days after tho geryjep hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to ansvror the pom plaint within tho time aforesaid, * ? the plaintiff in this aetipp'will ppply to tho Court for the rclief7domand*4 n tho complaint, Pale December 6th, A. I). 1809. u Mrs no & Mukro, Plaintiff's Attorney. To tho defendants above named: Tako notice that the Summons in ihis action, ofTwhich the above is a ony, w?.s tiled in the office of the Clerk of Court for Union County, at Union, in tho State of South Caroipe, on tho 6th day of pecpmjjep, 1899. Mi n'ho & MUNRM, 49-<>f Attorneys for Plaintiff. A S! | flClA ?Aw &Jk ?d the biggest s and Presents i i ? prices at trie . STORE." gin to mention the say that if you can't t you want at the u need not expect to 5?. Dolls. 3, Dolls that stay ^autiful clothes on clothes, from lc up, s that walk. > V/I I U^5i lonkeys, Bears, etc. vs, etc. Big display I STORE," ^ n f S ** V I